Almost every element of Washington football has improved substantive and dramatically in Chris Petersen’s tenure as coach. One area where that has not been the case is special teams. Even in the midst of a three-year run to New Year’s Day bowl games, the Husky special teams units ranked near the bottom of the country in every meaningful statistical category. Being among the worst in the country is obviously a bad thing, but on the bright side, perhaps it can be low-hanging fruit for rapid improvement. After all, it should be easier to go from bad to average on special teams than from good to great in most other areas.